ARBURG’s New Training Cohort Immerses Itself in the Company’s History

Those who know more about the history of their company are also more emotionally connected to it, and this year Arburg is celebrating 75 years of training. Two good reasons for the machine manufacturer’s first “History Week” in Lossburg. From 5 to 11 December 2024, the new trainees and students delved deep into the company archive during workshops and experienced Arburg’s history in an active and multimedia way.

Katharina Depner, company archivist at Arburg, has designed a one-hour “group adventure trip” for the 2024 training year. The participants were actively introduced to the company’s historical highlights in four exciting workshops.

“Group adventure trip” to the Archive

In groups of ten to 20 people each, the new trainees and students familiarised themselves with the company archive and its “treasures” in detail. The prospective cutting machine operators and mechatronics technicians started on 5 December, followed by the industrial and construction mechanics, IT specialists and electronics technicians and finally, on 11 December, the warehouse logistics specialists, industrial clerks and students from the dual universities.

Katharina Depner describes the aims of the four workshops as follows: “Trainees and students should be able to engage directly with our company history together and experience it using striking examples.”

Topics on company history developed

Each group began their workshop with an introduction to the company archive. The young visitors then split into three teams to work on three set topics. Firstly, the participants had to put the entire Arburg company complex together correctly using a “building puzzle”.

They then focussed on the differences in training between the past and present and the development of the professions. The trainees and students were allowed to familiarise themselves with the training chronicle and work with it. The third part of the workshop focussed on the world of work. Questions that arose here included how people worked in the office at Arburg back then.

In a feedback round, the trainees described the workshops as very informative and interesting. They particularly liked the many “tangible” historical exhibits, such as an old-time clock, as well as a video from 1982, which showed the company’s state-of-the-art production technologies at the time. Between all the insights and the newly acquired knowledge, this excursion into the past was a complete success and an appealing format for providing information about the exciting history of Arburg.

Broad knowledge transfer in 75 years of training

In the anniversary year of the Arburg apprenticeship programme, the “History Week” is one of many activities to draw attention to the company’s training expertise and broad knowledge transfer. Trainer Marius Singer sees the benefits of the campaign in the company archive primarily in integrating the young employees into the Arburg family right from the start: “We wanted to familiarise our 75 trainees and students with ’75 years of training at Arburg’ in a special setting.

The young people should be able to understand the development of ‘their’ company. This has a positive influence on the identification between the company, trainees and students right from the start.” If the analysis of the workshops produces a positive result, they will be continued in the coming years.

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